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associations: The American Association
of Marriage and Family Therapy
(AAMFT), the American Nurses
Association (ANA), the American
Psychiatric Association (ApA), the
American Psychological Association
(APA), the Council on Social Work
Education (CSWE), and the National
Board for Certified Counselors and
Affiliates (NBCC). The grantees for the
NITT–MFP–Y program are the AAFMT,
ANA, APA, CSWE, and NBCC, and the
grantees for the NITT–MFP–AC program
are the NAADAC—Association for
Addiction Professionals and NBCC.
This package includes two survey
instruments, the Current SAMHSA MFP
Fellows survey and the MFP Alumni
survey, which have previously been
administered to current and alumni
fellows of the traditional MFP grant
program. SAMHSA is requesting
approval from OMB to include
respondents (i.e., fellows) from the
NITT–MFP–Y and NITT–MFP–AC
programs and to add 13 and 10
questions to the Current SAMHSA MFP
Fellows and MFP Alumni surveys,
respectively. Although the aims of the
traditional MFP and the NITT–MFPs are
similar, some aspects of the NITT–MFPs
are unique. For example, the focus on
master’s-level students (versus doctoral)
and on providing culturally competent
behavioral health services specifically to
youth and transition-aged young adults.
Thus, approval is requested to add
questions to the surveys to ensure that
the information needed to evaluate the
NITT–MFPs is captured. The surveys
will include appropriate skip patterns

so that traditional MFP fellows are not
asked questions that do not apply to
them.
The two online surveys (with the
option for a hard copy mailed through
the U.S. Postal Service) will be used
with the following stakeholders in the
MFP grant programs:
1. Current SAMHSA MFP Fellows (n=428)
a. Current traditional MFP Fellows
currently receiving support during their
doctoral-level training or psychiatric
residency will be asked about their
experiences in the MFP (from recruitment
into the program through their participation
in the various activities provided by the
grantees).
b. Current NITT–MFP–Y and NITT–MFP–
AC Fellows currently receiving support
during the final year of their master’s
programs in behavioral health or related field
will be asked about their experiences in the
MFP (from recruitment into the program
through their participation in the various
activities provided by the grantees).
2. MFP Alumni (n=1,440)
a. Traditional MFP Alumni who
participated in the MFP during the time the
program was administered by SAMHSA will
be asked about their previous experiences as
fellows in the MFP and also about their
subsequent involvement and leadership in
their professions.
b. NITT–MFP–Y and NITT–MFP–AC
Alumni who participated in the MFP during
their master’s program will be asked about
their previous experiences as fellows in the
MFP and also about their subsequent
involvement and leadership in their
professions.

The information gathered by these two
surveys will be used to gain insights
into, and to document, impacts that the
MFP has had and is having on current
Number of
respondents

Survey name

Total number
of responses

Hours per
response

Total burden
hours

SAMHSA MFP Current Fellows Survey ..............................
SAMHSA MFP Alumni Survey .............................................

428
1,440

1
1

428
1,440

0.42
0.75

180
1,080

Totals ............................................................................

a 1,868

........................

1,868

........................

1,260

a This

is an unduplicated count of total respondents.

Send comments to Summer King,
SAMHSA Reports Clearance Officer,
Room 2–1057, One Choke Cherry Road,
Rockville, MD 20857 or email a copy at
[email protected]. Written
comments should be received by March
11, 2016.
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Responses
per
respondent

and former MFP fellows, and
contributions and impacts that the
current and former fellows are making
in their work. The surveys include
questions to assess the following
measures: Completion of the fellowship
program (e.g., completion of MFP goals,
number of mentors, total mentored
hours); post-fellowship employment
(e.g., employment types and fields,
targeted service populations); increase
in skills/knowledge (e.g., number of
certifications obtained, number of
continuing education hours); and
contributions to the field (e.g., number
of professional publications).
The survey data will also be utilized
in an evaluation of the NITT–MFP
programs. The requested additional
questions will allow the evaluation to
assess the overall success of the
SAMHSA NITT initiative in enhancing
the behavioral health workforce in terms
of the number of master’s level
behavioral health specialists trained
with MFP support, their competencies
and characteristics, and their capacity to
meet behavioral health workforce needs.
The evaluation will also explore
whether the program results in
increased knowledge, skills, and
aptitude among NITT–MFP fellows to
provide culturally competent behavioral
health services to underserved, at risk
children, adolescents, and transition-age
youth (ages 16–25); and how these new
behavioral health professionals are
sustained in the workforce.
The total annual burden estimate for
conducting the surveys is shown below:

Summer King,
Statistician.

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ADDRESSES:

I. Abstract
The USA National Phenology
Network (USA–NPN) is a program
sponsored by the USGS that uses
standardized forms for tracking plant
and animal activity as part of a project
called Nature’s Notebook. The Nature’s
Notebook forms are used to record
phenology (e.g., timing of leafing or
flowering of plants and reproduction or
migration of animals) as part of a
nationwide effort to understand and
predict how plants and animals respond
to environmental variation and changes
in weather and climate. Contemporary
data collected through Nature’s
Notebook are quality-checked, described
and made publicly available. Data are
used to inform decision-making in a
variety of contexts, including
agriculture, drought monitoring, and
wildfire risk assessment. Phenological
information is also critical for the
management of wildlife, invasive
species, and agricultural pests, and for
understanding and managing risks to
human health and welfare, including
allergies, asthma, and vector-borne
diseases. Participants may contribute
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systems, meeting GPEA requirements.
The web application interface consists
several components: User registration, a
searchable list of 1,016 plant and animal
species which can be observed; a
‘‘profile’’ for each species that contains
information about the species including
its description and the appropriate
monitoring protocols; a series of
interfaces for registering as an observer,
registering a site, registering plants and
animals at a site, generating datasheets
to take to the field, and a data entry page
that mimics the datasheets.
II. Data
OMB Control Number: 1028–0103.
Form Number: Various (12 forms).
Title: USA National Phenology
Network—The Nature’s Notebook Plant
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Type of Request: Extension without
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Respondent Obligation: Voluntary.
Frequency of Collection: On occasion.
During the Spring and Fall seasons
when phenology is changing quickly,
we recommend respondents make
observations once or twice per week as
conditions allow.
Description of Respondents: Members
of the public, and state and local
government workers.
Estimated Total Number of Annual
Responses: We project that 6,378
responders will register with Nature’s
Notebook, and of those 638 will watch
the training videos. The same 6,378
responders will contribute 2,407,120
observation records. In total, this will
result in 2,414,136 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: When
joining the program, responders spend
13 minutes each to register and read
guidelines and 83 minutes to watch all
training videos. After that responders
may spend about 2 minutes per record
to observe and submit phenophase
status record.
Estimated Annual Burden Hours:
82,502.
Estimated Reporting and
Recordkeeping ‘‘Non-Hour Cost’’
Burden: $11,274.
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